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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Differentiate between ‘Life-chances’ and ‘Life-style’ with suitable examples.

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  • Stratification and Mobility

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Max Weber, in "Class, Status, Party" (Economy and Society, 1922), tied the two concepts to different orders of inequality. Life-chances are the outcomes of a class situation, and life-style is the expression of a status situation. One is about what a person is likely to get; the other is about how a person chooses and…

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